Why the US and Other Countries Do Not Want to Stop War on Yemen: President Mashat

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M.A.

The president of Yemen, Mahdi al-Mashat, affirmed on Saturday that there are countries, such as the US and many other Europe countries, do not want the Saudi war on Yemen to end due to financial interests in selling all kinds of military equipment and weapons to the Saudi regime. 

During his meeting with the Special Envoy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Sweden to Yemen and Libya, Ambassador Peter Simneby, he mentioned that there are two parties impacted by the cessation of the Saudi-led war on Yemen, one of them is an internal party who completely depends on the Saudi-led coalition and will not accept any peace decisions.

He added that “we have made many initiatives to oppose Saudi propaganda and lies by its media, one of which we accepted UN’s resolution about handing over the port of Hodeidah to the United Nations, and we have talked with the UN envoy, Martin Griffith, about it, hoping that his efforts will have an effect on ground.”

In a related context, he explained, “we have proposed to the UN envoy various steps to rebuild confidence, including the reopening of Sana’a international airport, lifting restrictions on the port of Hodeidah, the exchange of prisoners, a ceasefire from both sides and stopping its aerial raids in exchange for terminating the ballistic missile attacks.”

The President of the Supreme Political Council, al-Mashat confirmed that if there is proper work from the international parties for a solution, it shall put pressure on the coalition countries bombing Yemen.

The president also emphasized that the efforts of the UN envoy and other officials have offered a one-sided solution, which obviously favored the Saudi-led coalition.